Adam Greene on HIPAA and the HITECH Act [Podcast] Lexology Both HIPAA and the HITECH Act have been around forever in compliance years, but that doesn't mean that the challenges they pose have all been met. In fact, Adam Greene, a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine in Washington, DC explains that the risks keep ... |
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Disclosing PHI to a Reporter Leads to $125000 HIPAA Settlement – Lexology
Disclosing PHI to a Reporter Leads to $125000 HIPAA Settlement Lexology The potential violations occurred when a provider at the Practice responded to a television news reporter's questions about a patient complaint, even though the Practice's HIPAA Privacy Officer had instructed the provider not to respond or simply say ... |
Public Information is Still Protected by HIPAA – Lexology
Public Information is Still Protected by HIPAA Lexology Allergy Associates of Hartford, P.C., entered into a Resolution Agreement and agreed to pay $125,000 to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (HHS) in order to settle certain Health Insurance Portability and ... |
Public Information is Still Protected by HIPAA – JD Supra (press release)
JD Supra (press release) | Public Information is Still Protected by HIPAA JD Supra (press release) This incident should serve as an important reminder that HIPAA still applies to protected health information even when individuals place their own information in the public domain. Covered entities and business associates may also want to consider ... |
Biggest HIPAA violations of 2018 – MD Linx
MD Linx | Biggest HIPAA violations of 2018 MD Linx Despite national standards to protect health data by covered entities, violations of the Privacy Rule—or HIPAA violations—routinely make headlines. Many of these violations serve as cautionary tales to be taken to heart when guarding your patient ... Keeping HIPAA Compliance Efforts Up to Date Who Should Gain From Your Medical Data? |
Biggest HIPAA violations of 2018 – MD Linx
MD Linx | Biggest HIPAA violations of 2018 MD Linx Despite national standards to protect health data by covered entities, violations of the Privacy Rule—or HIPAA violations—routinely make headlines. Many of these violations serve as cautionary tales to be taken to heart when guarding your patient ... |
Biggest HIPAA violations of 2018 – MD Linx
MD Linx | Biggest HIPAA violations of 2018 MD Linx Despite national standards to protect health data by covered entities, violations of the Privacy Rule—or HIPAA violations—routinely make headlines. Many of these violations serve as cautionary tales to be taken to heart when guarding your patient ... |
Keeping HIPAA Compliance Efforts Up to Date – hcanews.com
hcanews.com | Keeping HIPAA Compliance Efforts Up to Date hcanews.com Back in 1996, the U.S. Congress enacted the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to help protect individuals' sensitive health information when they move from one employer to another. Then, in 2003, the Department of Health and ... |
Physician Practice Roundup—Doctor’s TV interview results in $125K HIPAA fine for practice – FierceHealthcare
FierceHealthcare | Physician Practice Roundup—Doctor's TV interview results in $125K HIPAA fine for practice FierceHealthcare A Connecticut physicians group has been hit with a $125,000 fine for alleged HIPAA violations after one of its doctors spoke to a TV reporter in a dispute with a patient over bringing a service animal to the allergy practice. Allergy Associates of ... |